actually mine has done this exact same thing since servpack 2 for xp was installed last year. reboots will cure it for a day or so and it comes back. I do a recovery install <not overwrite> and it cures it for several months. Something is corrupting the cd/dvd drivers.

Originally Posted By fullclip:I seem to have lost the cd drives on my crappy computer. It gives a message in install and update hardware the drivers are corupted or missing. I can't even run my recovery disc.

Where do I go to fix this problem? I am NOT a computer wizzard, just barely can get online...HELP!!!!!! fullclip

another virus or rootkit victim............ kill it with fire and buy a new one..

I see you're a graduate of the "jrzy school of interpersonal relations". <img src=/images/smilies/smiley_abused.gif border=0 align=middle> DScottYou should really stick to advice about staying inside the lines on your coloring book.Drjarh

Try this: hit "start"->"control panel"->"system", and then hit the "hardware" tab and then hit the top button named "device manager". If there are any DVD/CD drives listed there, open them and right-click on the actual name and then first try "scan for hardware changes", and if that does nothing, right click again and pick "uninstall driver", reboot your PC and it should re-find the drives.

Originally Posted By Floppy_833:Try this: hit "start"->"control panel"->"system", and then hit the "hardware" tab and then hit the top button named "device manager". If there are any DVD/CD drives listed there, open them and right-click on the actual name and then first try "scan for hardware changes", and if that does nothing, right click again and pick "uninstall driver", reboot your PC and it should re-find the drives.

At any rate, it won't make things any worse.... ~

Thanks, I will try this. If it doesn't work, I will take it to the farM toMorrow and hang it froM a tree, and the execution will coMMence. CoMputers are cheap, and this 4 year old E-Machine has always been junk. It will get its just desserts... Thanks fullclip